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Conversie van cup naar gram. Cook'n Newsletter. Spice Advice. Kitchen Cheat Sheet. What Everybody Ought To Know About Seasoning Uses Of These 53 Different Spices. Used as a food additive for the purpose of flavoring and has been a part of human history since their inception.

They were the most valuable items of trade in the ancient and medieval world. Actually you can even find spice in the bible. In the biblical poem Song of Solomon, the male speaker compares his beloved to many forms of spices. Today there are around 2 billion tonnes of spices produced yearly to cater to the demands of the world. Below are 53 of the most common spices used in kitchens of the world today. Arrowroot Used mainly as a thickening agent because arrowroot tubers contain about 23% starch.

Basil With an aroma of mint and tea, Basil is available in leaf form. However, basil is also used commonly as a seasoning for pizza, spaghetti sauce, sausage, soup, tomato juice, dressings, salads, and any other dish where oregano would also be used. Bay Leaves They have a woody, astringent flavor with a pleasant, slightly minty aroma. Black Pepper Broiled Steak Seasoning Caraway Chervil. Cooking conversions - StumbleUpon. Top 10 Things Every Budding Foodie Should Know - StumbleUpon. You're probably right.

Or you could be like me, a single young male living on his own, never washes hands, cleans kitchen once every other week, ignores best before dates, forgets to throw away old food (and leave it in the fridge until I finally notice), have a cat running around the house. I have never had food poisoning. Guess either I built up a strong enough immune system, or I'm doing just the bare minimum so that I don't get sick....

Maybe I'm lucky, maybe I'm invincible, maybe one day I'll get really sick and it will teach me a lesson :P As for the second part, yeah, I agree that spending money on expensive stuff is kinda pointless when cheap stuff just the job just as good, and lasts just as long. I have one teflon frying pan, which I've had for years and still looks brand new, probably because as mentioned I live alone so nobody else there to fuck it up. For knives, I like the ceramic ones.
Food Nutrition Comparisons. Kitchen 101: Fruits, Vegetables & Herbs. Kitchen 101: Fruits, Vegetables & Herbs I’d be remiss if I simply focused on imparting technical knowledge in the Kitchen 101 series here at Chasing Delicious.

I’d be downright neglectful if I didn’t talk about ingredients, particularly the biggest misconception about produce today: that it is naturally available year-round. Though you may be able to find just about every type of fruit, vegetable, and herb in the grocery store every day of the year, a majority of this produce is not in season. If you are buying strawberries in December, you are likely purchasing a fruit that was picked six months ago and stored in a climate controlled facility ever since. Or you are buying a berry that has spent the last few weeks in a shipping container as it treks halfway across the globe from somewhere in the opposite hemisphere. Time spent in transit or storage is not the only inflated aspect of buying produce out of season. Second, become good friends with some local farmers too.
How to Store Vegetables & Fruit Without Plastic. So you've got all these great fruits and vegetables and now we're going to help you keep them at their freshest with these tips.

These tips are from the Berkley Farmer's Market which is a Zero Waste market! Here is a printable PDF of their original tip sheet. In the works here at Washington's Green Grocer is a switch from plastic bags (although we use as few as we can get away with, while still keeping your produce from getting battered on it's way to you) to only recyclable paper and reuseable cloth bags! How to Store Vegetables without Plastic Artichokes‐ place in an airtight container sealed, with light moisture. Asparagus‐ place them loosely in a glass or bowl upright with water at room temperature. Avocados‐ place in a paper bag at room temp. Arugula‐ arugula, like lettuce, should not stay wet!

Basil‐ is difficult to store well.
50 Seemingly Healthy Foods that are Bad for You. With so many light varieties of microwave popcorn on the market, it's easy to think that this snack is healthy, but with high levels of sodium and the chemical diacetyl, some health professionals caution about making this a regular snack.

A better choice? Putting a few plain kernels in a brown paper bag and popping your own. You control the flavoring! [Click to Tweet this tip!] You can use your keyboard to see the next slide ( ← previous, → next) Don’t be fooled by misleading health food. Promo Subtitle Image Alt Text Title Text 50 Seemingly Healthy Foods that are Bad for You Media Folder: Media Root By Jennipher Walters Topics: FB like each slide.